Gender Bias and Intergenerational Educational Mobility : Theory and Evidence from China and India

Gender Bias and Intergenerational Educational Mobility : Theory and Evidence from China and India

This paper incorporates gender bias against girls in the family, school and labor market in a model of intergenerational persistence in schooling where parents self-finance children's education because of credit market imperfections. Parents m...

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Main Authors: Emran, M. Shahe, Jiang, Hanchen, Shilpi, Forhad
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
GENDER BIAS
INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
BECKER-TOMES MODEL
COMPLEMENTARITY
SON PREFERENCE
CO-RESIDENCY BIAS
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
EQUITY IN EDUCATION
INEQUALITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/310771589823401020/Gender-Bias-and-Intergenerational-Educational-Mobility-Theory-and-Evidence-from-China-and-India
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33797

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/310771589823401020/Gender-Bias-and-Intergenerational-Educational-Mobility-Theory-and-Evidence-from-China-and-India
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33797

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